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CALEDONIA COUNTY SENATORS.
Preston H. Graves of Kirby, Republican, was born February 5,
1841; he is a farmer and was educated at the common schools; was
a member of the House in 1874, 1886 and 1892; has held the
offices of town clerk for the past thirty-five years, chairman of
selectmen for thirty-seven years, chairman of the school board,
and assistant judge for Caledonia County from 1894 to 1898.
Religious preference, Congregationalist. Post-office address,
Lyndonville.
Place of birth, Kirby.
Truman Ransom Stiles of St. Johnsbury, Republican, was born
in Stowe, July 21, 1847; he is a physician and surgeon and
located in town in 1887; was educated at Stowe High School and
the Medical Department of the University of Vermont; was a member
of the House in 1898; has been a member of the U. S. Pension
Board for sixteen years and its chairman during the last six
years, has been director and president of the Caledonia County
Fair Co. for six years, is a director of the Merchants' National
Bank, member of the state board of health, director and vice-president of St. Johnsbury Shoe Co., village trustee,
superintendent of village water works and has filled all the
chairs of I. O. O. F. and K. P. Religious preference, Methodist.
Post-office address, St. Johnsbury.
CALEDONIA COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES
Cola De. Rienzi Meacham of Barnet, Republican, was born in Shefford, P.Q., of Vermont parents, October 10, 1838; he is a
clergyman and located in town on January 1, 1889; was educated in
the common schools of Newport, at Derby Academy, New Hampton
Institute and graduated from the Newton Theological Institute in
class of 1870; was for many years on school boards in Townshend
from 1897 to 1899, and is now superintendent of schools in
Barnet. Religious preference, Baptist. Post-office address, Passumpsic.
Leroy Colburn Davis of Burke, Republican, was born in
Sutton, May 21, 1865; occupation, town clerk and treasurer and
carpenter; located in town over thirty years ago; was educated in
the common schools; in addition to the above named offices has
been justice of the peace. Religious preference, Universalist.
Frank H. Clement of Danville, Republican, was born in
Danville, March 28, 1855; occupation, farmer; located in town in
1895 after 12 years absence; educated at St. Johnsbury Academy;
has been selectman from 1899 to 1902, and was lister in St.
Johnsbury in 1894. Religious preference, Congregationalist.
Post-office address, St. Johnsbury, R. F. D. No. 2.
Charles John Bailey of Groton, Democrat, was born in South Ryegate, July 20, 1867; occupation, railroad station agent;
located in town, January 2, 1895; was educated in the common
schools; was constable and tax collector in 1897 and 1898, town
auditor in 1900 and 1901, and chairman of the Democratic town
committee in 1901 and 1902. Religious preference, Presbyterian.
John A. Dixon of Hardwick, Republican, was born in Wales,
Great Britain, September 15, 1857; is a minister of the Gospel;
located in town in 1901; was educated at St. David's Seminary,
Swansea, Wales. Religious preference, Methodist.
Willie P. Russell of Kirby, Republican, was born in Kirby,
January 2, 1870; occupation, farmer; was educated in the public
schools and in Lyndon Institute; was lister from 1892 to 1899,
and has been selectman from 1899 to the present. Religious
preference, Congregationalist. Post-office address, Lyndonville.
Lorenzo W. Hubbard of Lyndon, Republican, was born in
Lyndon, Feb. 3, 1841; is a physician and surgeon, and located in
town in 1873; was educated at Lyndon Academy, Medical Department
of University of Vermont, and graduated in medicine from New York
University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in the class of
1867; was sergeant in Co. M., Eleventh Vermont Volunteers, and
afterwards hospital steward in Eleventh Regiment of Vermont
Volunteers; was a member of the House in 1882 and 1886, of the
Senate in 1896; has been trustee of U. S. Deposit Fund for Lyndon
several years, member of Board of Pension of Examiners from 1883
to 1885, president of White Mountain Medical Society. Religious
preference, Congregationalist.
Austin C. Burns of Newark, Republican, was born in Columbia,
New Hampshire, Nov. 19, 1861; occupation, farmer; located in town
in 1862; was educated in the common schools; was selectman from
1895 to 1898, road commissioner in 1901 and 1902, and town grand
juror from 1899 to 1901. Religious preference, none.
Russell B. Kinerson of Peacham, Republican, was born in
Peacham in 1857; occupation, farmer; educated at Caledonia County
Grammar School; was lister and member of the school board two
years, and has been selectman five years, serving two years as
chairman of the board. Religious preference, Congregationalist.
William N. Gilfillan of Ryegate, Republican, was born in Brownington, Jan. 7, 1847; occupation, farmer; located in town in
1867; was educated at the Caledonia County Grammar School; was
town grand juror in 1901; secretary, treasurer and director of
So. Ryegate Creamery Association five years from 1894; selectman
in 1898 and chairman of board of selectmen in 1899, has been
library trustee since 1896 and clerk and treasurer of the board
of cemetery commissioners and chairman of the board since 1900.
Religious preference, Presbyterian. Post-office address, South Ryegate.
Frederick Galusha Bundy of St. Johnsbury, Democrat, was born
in Lyndon, Feb. 11, 1859; is a merchant, and located in town in
December, 1879; was educated at Lyndon Academy and New Hampton
Institute; was a member of the House in 1900, and was a member of
the committee on claims; was a village trustee in 1891 and 1892,
and postmaster from August 1, 1894, to February 20, 1899.
Religious preference, Episcopalian.
Herman P. Simpson of Sheffield, Republican, was born in
Sheffield, July 28, 1860; is a merchant, and was educated at St.
Johnsbury Academy and Montpelier Seminary; was a member of the
House in 1900, and was on the committee on town lines; is now and
was in 1893, 1894 and 1895, school director, and has been
assistant postmaster since 1885. Religious preference,
Methodist.
Allen S. Batten of Stannard, Republican, was born in Boston,
August 9, 1844; is a carpenter and builder, and located in town
in 1856; was educated in the common schools; served in Co. C,
Third Regiment of Vermont Volunteers; has been town clerk and
treasurer since 1901. Religious preference, Method- [sic].
Frederick H. Pillsbury of Sutton, Republican, was born in
Barton in 1875; is in the wholesale lumber business, and located
in town in 1867; was educated at Barton Academy and Montpelier
Seminary, and spent one year at Wesleyan. Religious preference,
Methodist. Post-office address, South Barton.
Charles George Farrington of Walden, Republican, was born in
Walden in 1859, and is a farmer; was educated in the common
schools of Walden and Hardwick; was school director from 1896 to
1899, and has been on the republican town committee for many
years. Religious preference, Congregationalist. Post- [sic].
Herbert H. Graves of Waterford, Republican, was born in
Concord, July 14, 1859; is a farmer and located in town in 1881;
was educated in the common schools and at St. Johnsbury Academy;
has been lister six years, road commissioner two years, school
director two years and constable three years. Religious
preference, Congregationalist. Post-office address, St. Johnsbury.
Fred Hoffman of Wheelock, Republican, was born in Burke in
1850; is a liveryman and deals in farm machinery; located in town
in 1880; was educated at Lyndon Center; was overseer of the poor
from 1886 to 1892 and is now overseer, was constable and
collector from 1888 to 1902, road commissioner in 1897 and
justice of the peace in 1896 and 1897. Religious preference,
Protestant.
Source:
Vermont
Legislative Directory, Biennial Session, 1902, Prepared by Frederick G. Fleetwood, Secretary of State
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